Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c10.s8.38

v1.c10.s8.38

¹ As regards the remarks of foreign travellers, who, often confound the rent (i.e., revenue) paid by the viceroys to the Central Government with the rent derived from land and the income derived from the farming system, e.g., in the case of the main gate of the capital—which, as we shall presently relate, yielded according to Nuniz, 12,000 pardaos a year,—allowance must be made for their unfamiliarity with the agricultural habits of the people and revenue terms current in the country. B.A.S.